Wagon-standard.



No..891,215. PATENTED JUNE 16, 1908.

A. H. HA ARGER.

' WAGON DARD.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.1,6 I 1 9 0 7.

ALBERT H. HARSHBARGER, OF BEMENT, ILLINOIS.

WAGON -STAND ARD Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 16, 1908.

Application filed October 16, 1907. Serial No. 897,735.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT H. HARsH- BARGER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of Bement, in the county of Pi'att and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon-Standards; and my preferred manner of carrying out the invention is setforth in the following full, clear, and exact description, ter minatingwith claims particularly specifying the novelty.

This invention relates to carriages and wagons, and more especially tothe standards mounted on wagon bolsters for the purpose of holding inplace the wagon box or other load and its object is to improve theconstruction of said standard.

To this end the invention consists in an improvement on U. S. Patent832008 issued September 25, 1906, to William I/V. Bruce. In said patentthe base plate of the standard was bolted at its outer end to thebolster and had at its inner end a T-sha ed recess which received theshank and hea of a second bolt mounted in and rising from the bolster.Said recess was open through the inner wall of the bolster and hencelikely to become clogged, and the present improvement consists ofpresenting the mouth of this recess in the other direction so that theinner wall of the bolster can be closed and will not be come clogged.

The invention is exemplified in the structure hereinafter described andclaimed, and is shown in the accompanying drawings forming part of thisspecification and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of thisstandard complete as mounted on a bolster; Fig. 2 is a central verticalsection through the bolster and its bolts, and through the lower portionof the standard; and Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view looking intothe lower end of the standard.

Referring to the drawings, the body of the standard is shown as composedof a vertical plate 1 intended to stand flat against the side of thewagon body, and a strengthening rib 2 preferably cast integral therewithand at right angles thereto so that in cross section the body of thestandard will be T- shaped. By preference rings 140 are pivotallyattached to the rib, and they are adapted to hold a stake for thepurpose of lengthening the standard as usual. At its base the standardis enlarged laterally into a housing 14 which has ears 9 depending fromits edges and passing over the sides of the bolster 15 so as to receivethe horizontal bolt 10 as shown; and said housing also has a base plate3 which is elongated beyond the rib 2 and perforated to receive anupright bolt 12 passing through it and the bolster 15. Thus far theconstruction is much like the patent above referred to.

Coming now more particularly to the present invention, the housing iscast hollow as best seen in Fig. 3, and within it and extend ing outwardat right angles to the plate 1 is a lug 5 having a notch 4.

The numeral 8 designates a bolt or screw seated vertically in thebolster 15 and having its head 7 above the upper face thereof, its sizebeing such that its shank may pass into the notch 4 of the lug 5 and itshead 7 be received above the latter and entirely concealed within thehousing.

With the parts properly shaped and proportioned, the standard is securedto the bolster by the horizontal bolt 10 and the vertical bolt 12 whosenuts are set up tight, and also by the upright bolt 8 whose head engagesthe lug 5. \Nhen it is desired to remove the standard, as forsubstitution or repair, the bolts 10 and 12 are withdrawn and thestandard is moved bodily inward upon the bolster so that the notch 4 inlug 5 will slip off of the bolt 8 from beneath its head, after which theentire standard can be lifted from position. Thus it will be seen that Iaccomplish all that was effected by the construction in the pat-- entabove referred to, and more, because the opening for the upright bolt isnot exposed and the cavity within the housing is closed by the bolsterso that dirt and moisture cannot accumulate therein. Bypreference allparts are of cast iron excepting the bolts and rings, and the sizes,shapes and proportions of parts are immaterial.

What is claimed as new is:

A wagon-standard comprising a body including a vertical plate, and ahollow housing at the lower end of the body having depending ears at itsedges, a base plate extending outward, and an integral lug within itshollow portion extending away from said upright plate and toward thebase plate and In testimony whereof I sign my name in notched; combinedWith a bolster upon the presence of two subscribing Witnesses, which thestandard fits, a horizontal bolt this the 12th day of October, 1907.

through the bolster and ears, a Vertical bolt ALBERT H. HARSHBARGER. 5through the bolster and base plate, and a Witnesses:

headed upright member seated in the bolster I. F. THOMPSON,

and engaged by the notch of said lug. REBEooA M. CLARK.

